ESTHER SALAS

One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices, and another more protection for all federal judges.

Supreme Court Security FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind a fence who stands around the building on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Washington. One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices and another would offer more privacy and protection for all federal judges. One proposal pending in Congress would provide additional security measures for the justices, and another would offer more privacy and protection for all federal judges. Over the years, Supreme Court justices have called on Congress to provide more money for their security. In the past 17 years, three close relatives of federal judges have been killed in attacks at the judges' homes, including Salas' son.

A man armed with a machete once broke into Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000.

Legislative Preview New Mexico Afternoon sun shines on the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M., on Dec. 10, 2021. The bill responds to concerns about the physical safety of judges and about efforts to sway or disrupt judicial proceedings. The state judiciary documented five threats against courthouses and 10 threats to judges in 2021, according to Chief Justice Michael Vigil. Bill Raftery, a senior analyst for the Virginia-based National Center for State Courts, said collective nationwide statistics on threats to state judges are difficult or impossible to track. He said a slim majority of 27 states have developed centralized repositories for tracking threats against courthouses and judges.

New Mexico legislators are considering new criminal penalties aimed at protecting state and local judges and their immediate families from threats and the malicious sharing of home addresses and other personal information.

The U.S. Marshals Service lacks the capability of adequately detecting threats against federal judges across the nation and uses outdated security equipment to protect judges’ homes.

Judge Esther Salas was in her New Jersey home when a gunman targeting Salas opened fire on her family, killing her son and wounding her husband. Now she's fighting for better protection of judges.

Federal Judge Salas's son Daniel was killed by a former plaintiff who previously appeared in front of the judge.

A drive-by shooting wounded a federal court security officer outside the courthouse authorities said. The federal judiciary says it needs to boost security for judges at home and work following a deadly shooting at a judges home last summer, protests that damaged more than 50 courthouses around the country last year and the Jan 6. assault on the U.S. Capitol. “This matter became very real for judges last summer,” said Eagan, who heads the judiciary's executive committee. AdThe judiciary also is backing legislation named for Salas’ son that would make it easier to shield judges’ personal information from the public. Federal judges also are asking Congress for an extra $390 million for courthouse security enhancements.

Judge whose son was murdered by lawyer targeting her speaks out Judge Esther Salas's son Daniel was murdered by a lawyer who held a grudge against the U.S. District Court judge, as threats against judges and their family members have risen continuously for years. Judge Salas joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss her push for greater protections for judiciary members, and why threats against judges are a threat against democracy.

Judges say it's time for more security in the face of mounting violence Judge Esther Salas was in her New Jersey home when a gunman targeting Salas opened fire on her family, killing her son and wounding her husband. Now she's fighting for better protection of judges. Bill Whitaker reports.

Judge Esther Salas and her husband Mark described their only child Daniel as "the center of their universe." Daniel, Mark and Esther SalasOn Sunday, Judge Salas revealed to 60 Minutes harrowing new details about the plot by a former plaintiff to assassinate the judge and possibly others. The FBI investigation into Daniel's murder revealed the 72-year-old shooter, Roy Den Hollander, had been stalking the Salas family. Police found Hollander's body the day after he killed Daniel Salas. Judge Salas is now advocating for new legislation to provide additional protection for federal judges.

Judge Salas told us Daniel, a college sophomore, was the center of their universe. Last August, in a highly unusual move for a federal judge, Judge Salas made a personal plea to lawmakers on YouTube. Since Daniel's funeral, Judge Salas has become a crusader for federal legislation to scrub judges' personal information from the internet. Judge Salas told us she never dreamed she'd be putting her family in harm's way when she was sworn in in 2011. Emotions were already running high when Judge Robart temporarily blocked former president trump's first travel ban, barring some Muslim travelers.

The cascading effect of attacks on the judiciary Judge Esther Salas tells 60 Minutes it is time for the government to provide further protection for federal judges.

Esther Salas/Marc Angelucci/FacebookpointThe stranger who came to Judge Salas' door had been holding a package, posing as a deliveryman. Judge Salas believes the free flow of information on the Internet made it easy to find her personal details. Joe Denahan: An individual … had rang the doorbell, had asked Danny — Judge Salas' son — to go get Judge Salas so she could sign for an envelope, a delivery. Roy Den Hollander Roy Den HollanderAfter attorney Roy Den Hollander took his own life, the agents later found a lengthy online manuscript he left behind: part memoir, part manifesto. JUDGE SALAS [video statement]: My son's death cannot be in vain.

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2019 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, speaks at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson, Miss. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in New Jersey says the lawyer who killed her son and seriously wounded her husband also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Salas told CBS News' 60 Minutes FBI agents discovered the information in a locker belonging to the lawyer, Roy Den Hollander. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)WASHINGTON – The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas said FBI agents discovered the information in a locker belonging to the lawyer, Roy Den Hollander.

On July 11, 2020 in San Bernardino County, California, a delivery man with a package rang the doorbell of 52-year-old attorney Marc Angelucci. A Friend Searches for Answers Cassie Jaye Investigators were initially stumped about who wanted Marc Angelucci dead. Marc Angelucci Marc Angelucci/Facebook Marc Angelucci was a sought-after, well-liked attorney from San Bernardino County, California. The investigator who found the envelope for Judge Salas was aware of the recent shooting and Webster alerted the FBI. The Cases Connected San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department With the clues found in Roy Den Hollander's car, the FBI started to connect the dots.

The two crimes were connected by one killer: Roy Den Hollander. Roy Den Hollander was a 72-year-old attorney with a prestigious academic background and impressive resume. Self-proclaimed anti-feminist attorney Roy Den Hollander as a boy pictured with his mother. A self-proclaimed anti-feminist attorney, Den Hollander filed a flurry of lawsuits, going after the all-male military draft, a women's studies program at a university, and ladies nights at bars. Roy Den Hollander Roy Den HollanderHe became a reliably combative but entertaining guest on talk shows.

U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed and her husband wounded in an attack meant for her, says the gunman also had his sights on Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. But the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor," says Salas. Threats to federal judges have risen 400% over the last five years to over 4,000 incidents. Marshals, who protect federal judges, are asking for 1,000 more officers at a cost of $250 million. I don't think that criticizing a judge is acceptable," he tells Whitaker, adding the threats included harming his family.

Federal judge whose son was killed in attack says gunman targeted Sonia Sotomayor U.S. District Judge Esther Salas says the FBI found evidence the man who killed her son targeted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "60 Minutes" reports, Sunday.

He killed himself when police pulled him over a week later and found a list of enemy judges, including Lefkow, in his van. Marshals Service, which protects the nation's approximately 2,700 federal judges, said they were not tracking Den Hollander. Marshals Service to spend more time monitoring such online hate speech. The Marshals Service said it reviewed more than 1 million derogatory social media posts aimed at people it protects during the last fiscal year. Marshals Service.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)LOS ANGELES Authorities believe a men's rights lawyer shot and killed a fellow attorney in California in the days before he attacked a federal judges family in New Jersey and committed suicide, officials announced Friday. Authorities released a photo of a man, who is wearing a mask, at the train station carrying items away from a food stand. Officials said Den Hollander drove the rental car to Angelucci's home, where he shot and killed him. Den Hollander drove away and boarded a train out of California from Union Station in Los Angeles. In more than 2,000 pages of often misogynistic, racist writings posted online, Den Hollander had sharply criticized Salas and other female judges.

LOS ANGELES Federal investigators have evidence linking the killing of a men's rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judges family in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday. The evidence allegedly connects Roy Den Hollander, another men's rights attorney who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the day after an attack that killed the judges son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci in San Bernardino County, California. FBI officials in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday would not describe the evidence or explain how it ties into the two cases. Den Hollander was found dead Monday in Sullivan County, New York. Angelucci, like Den Hollander, was involved in lawsuits alleging gender discrimination against men.

A New York man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a scheme that used secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on various New Jersey bank locations to steal at least $390,141. Bogdan Rusu, 39, of Queens, New York, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Rusu and others would then transfer the illegally obtained information to counterfeit payment cards and use those counterfeit cards to steal money from the accounts. HSI, along with special agents of the U.S. Secret Service, Boston Field Office; Massachusetts State Police; TD Bank Fraud Investigations; East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Police Department; Cambridge, Massachusetts, Police Department; Ludlow, Massachusetts, Police Department, and Medford, Massachusetts, Police Department, with assistance from the victim banks, conducted the investigation. The Middlesex County, Massachusetts, District Attorneys Office; U.S. Attorneys Office of the Eastern District of New York and U.S. Attorneys Office of the District of Massachusetts, Springfield Division assisted in the investigation and prosecution.